NAFO Maps

Source: I. Yashayaev, 2024. Oceanographic Conditions in the Labrador Sea in the Context of Seasonal, Interannual and Multidecadal Changes, NAFO SCR Doc. 24/014.

Additional information: Yashayaev, I., 2024. Intensification and shutdown of deep convection in the Labrador Sea were caused by changes in atmospheric and freshwater dynamics, Nature Communications Earth & Environment Environment, 5: 156 https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01296-9

Source: M. Ringuette, E. Devred , K. Azetsu-Scott, E. Head, C.E.Gabriel, S. Clay  (2024). Optical, Chemical, and Biological Oceanographic Conditions in the Labrador Sea from summer 2019 and 2023, NAFO SCR Doc. 24/042

Additional information:
Clay, S. E. Devred , 2023, SOPhyE Satellite Data Processing Technical Report Series: 1. Ocean Colour Satellite Intercalibration. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat . Sci. 3560: vi + 42

Source: Bélanger, D., G. Maillet, P. Pepin. (2023). Biogeochemical oceanographic conditions in the Northwest Atlantic (NAFO subareas 2 3 4) during 2023, NAFO SCR Doc. 24/011.

Additional information:
Cyr, F., K. Lewis, D. Bélanger, P. Regular, S. Clay, E. Devred, (2024). Physical controls and ecological implications of the timing of the spring phytoplankton bloom on the Newfoundland and Labrador shelf. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 9: 191–198. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10347

Source: Mortensen, J.(2024 ). Report on hydrographic conditions off Southwest Greenland June–July 2024, NAFO SCR Doc. 24/006.

Additional information:
Mortensen, J., S. Rysgaard, K. Arendt, T. Juul Pedersen, D. Søgaard , J. Bendtsen , L. Meire , (2018). Local Coastal Water Masses Control
Heat Levels in a West Greenland Tidewater Outlet Glacier Fjord. JGR Oceans, 123:8068-8083 https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014549

Mortensen J., Rysgaard S, Winding MHS, Juul Pedersen T, Arendt KE, Lund H, Stuart Lee AE, Meire L . (2022). Multidecadal Water Mass
Dynamics on the West Greenland Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127: e2022JC018724 .
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014549

Rysgaard, S., W. Boone, D. Carlson, M. Sejr, J. Bendtsen, T. Juul Pedersen, T. Lund, L. Meire, J . Mortensen. (2020). An updated view on
water masses on the pan-west Greenland continental shelf and their link to proglacial fjords. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,
125:e 2019JC015564. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015564

Source: Mortensen, J. (2023). Report on hydrographic conditions off Southwest Greenland June-July 2022, NAFO SCR Doc. 23/005.

Additional information:

• Burgers et al., 2023, Distinguishing physical and biological controls on the carbon dynamics in a high-Arctic outlet strait. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC019393
• Mortensen et al., 2022, Multidecadal Water Mass Dynamics on the West Greenland Shelf. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018724
• Rysgaard et al., 2020, An updated view on water masses on the pan-West Greenland continental shelf and their link to proglacial fjords. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015564
• Mortensen et al.,  2018, Local coastal water masses control heat levels in a West Greenland tidewater outlet glacier fjord. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014549

Source: Bélanger, D.D., G. Maillet, and P. Pepin. (2023). Biogeochemical oceanographic conditions in the Northwest Atlantic ( NAFO subareas 2 3 4) during 2022, NAFO SCR Doc. 23/017.

Additional information:

• Casault et al., 2023, Optical, Chemical, and Biological Oceanographic Conditions on the Scotian Shelf and in the eastern Gulf of Maine during 2021. https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibliotheque/41110924.pdf
• Blais, M. et al., 2023, Chemical and Biological Oceanographic Conditions in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence during 2021. https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibliotheque/41190828.pdf
• Cyr et al., 2023, Physical controls and ecological implications of the timing of the spring phytoplankton bloom on the Newfoundland and Labrador shelf. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10347
• Pepin et al., 2011, Seasonal patterns in zooplankton community structure on the Newfoundland and Labrador Shelf. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2011.01.003
• DFO, 2023, Oceanographic Conditions in the Atlantic Zone in 2022. Oceanographic Conditions in the Atlantic Zone in 2022 (dfo-mpo.gc.ca)

Source: Fratantoni, P. (2023). Hydrographic Conditions on the Northeast United States Continental Shelf in 2022 NAFO Subareas 5 and 6, NAFO SCR Doc. 23/018.

Additional information:

• Townsend, 1991, Influences of oceanographic processes on the biological productivity of the Gulf of Maine. http://grampus.umeoce.maine.edu/dave/townsend%201991.PDF
• Townsend et al., 2023, Warming waters of the Gulf of Maine: The role of Shelf, Slope and Gulf Stream Water masses. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103030
•  Gawarkiewicz & Plueddemann, 2020. Scientific rationale and conceptual design of a process-oriented shelfbreak observatory: the OOI Pioneer Array. https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2019.1679609
• Forsyth et al., 2015. Recent accelerated warming of the continental shelf off New Jersey: Observations from the CMV Oleander expendable bathythermograph line. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010516
• Fratantoni & Pickart, 2007, The Western North Atlantic Shelfbreak Current System in Summer. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO3123.1

Additional information:

• Cyr & Galbraith, 2021, A climate index for the Newfoundland and Labrador shelf. Earth System Science Data. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1807-2021

Additional Information:

• Colbourne et al., 1994. Climatic changes and environmental conditions in the Northwest Atlantic, 1970-1993. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/E-Colbourne-2/publication/281064239_Climatic_changes_and_environmental_conditions_in_the_Northwest_Atlantic_1970-1993/links/55d31fc508aec1b0429f2dee/Climatic-changes-and-environmental-conditions-in-the-Northwest-Atlantic-1970-1993.pdf
• Cyr et al., 2022, Physical Oceanographic Conditions on the Newfoundland and Labrador Shelf during 2021. https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibliotheque/41063491.pdf
• Gonzalez-Pola, et al., 2022. ICES Report on ocean climate 2020. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.19248602.v2
• Hebert et al., 2023. Physical Oceanographic Conditions on the Scotian Shelf and in the Gulf of Maine during 2022. https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibliotheque/41191742.pdf